Pics of my new paintjob/frame/build
01-14-06, 10:23 AM
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im painting a frame today and i have a question....
what grit(s) of sandpaper do you use... if any??
what grit(s) of sandpaper do you use... if any??
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01-14-06, 11:47 AM
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I worked my way from like 150 - 200 - steel wool on my last paint job.
I don't know if that is good, or bad...but it's what I did.
I don't know if that is good, or bad...but it's what I did.
01-14-06, 02:46 PM
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If you want to be all anal about it (like me): 180 - 320 - 600 - 1500
Cut the paper into 1.25" strips (well, 7 1.25" strips and one .25" strip, I guess...) to make your life easier.
Cut the paper into 1.25" strips (well, 7 1.25" strips and one .25" strip, I guess...) to make your life easier.
01-25-06, 09:54 AM
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Didn't want to start a new thread about it, so I dredged this one up to show off the beater bike. Just took it out for the first time yesterday all over the city. I think it came out pretty nice. Decent component spec but nothing too blingtastic. The bars are getting wrapped with cinelli cork colored tape as soon as I commit to a stem length.
And of course, the now obligatory faceless/bag/action shot
Big thanks to Frank's bike shop on Grand, Ebay, Gotham Bike Shop in TriBeCa, and especially
TIMES-UP! on 49 Houston.
And of course, the now obligatory faceless/bag/action shot
Big thanks to Frank's bike shop on Grand, Ebay, Gotham Bike Shop in TriBeCa, and especially
TIMES-UP! on 49 Houston.
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01-25-06, 10:01 AM
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i used afterthisnap's tips and tricks and painted my girlfriends bike Ballet Slipper Pink.
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01-25-06, 10:18 AM
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Poser! There can only be one BRG bike.
01-25-06, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Jamtastic
i used afterthisnap's tips and tricks and painted my girlfriends bike Ballet Slipper Pink.
01-25-06, 11:55 AM
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haha.... true true. but she is a ballerina for real so she insisted.
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01-25-06, 01:16 PM
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If I wind up keeping my beater conversion, I'm going to give it a spritz of the darkest shade of BRG they show here:
wikipedia entry
The traditional paint they used had an interesting characteristic in that it looked green under some light and near-black in others. Now *that'd* be sexy
wikipedia entry
The traditional paint they used had an interesting characteristic in that it looked green under some light and near-black in others. Now *that'd* be sexy
